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Main points on this episode:

• Embrace the Journey. Get started even if you don't know what you're doing (yet!)

• Forget Trends—build a real audience by staying true to yourself. • Be open to collaboration and travel.• Self-promotion is essential -no shame in hard work!

• Collaborate, Self-Promote & Stay Authentic!

• We're not here forever, take care of yourself.

• We experience burnout and the blues sooner or later, but sometimes our low points can inspire/develop us.

• Whether or not you go by your own name or an alias has a big impact; picking something easy to remember and pronounce that isn't already taken sounds impossible, right?! Share your thoughts in the comments below!

• It's hard to gain a following when many folks are shallow and accept only what's trending - but who wants flakes, anyway? Keep putting the work out there, be authentic, and do what you love because you love it, and you will eventually attract a core, loyal audience

• Take the Grateful Dead approach - let your work loose and whatever happens, happens! Your work doesn't exist until YOU create it. That's power.• Make your mark, create fearlessly, and let the world respond! #dowhatyoulove #CreativeJourney #GratefulDeadMindset #hiphop @Ratarue #ratarue #austin